Empires of Land and Mind (1250-1350) - The Expansion of the Islamic World
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Who are the Mamluks? What did they do?
What happened in the Maghreb?
What is the Sahel? What happened there?
- Further south, Islam reached across the Sahara to new states perched on the Sahel (the transition zone between desert and savannah).
- One of them, the Empire of Mali, stretched 1200 - from the Atlantic Ocean to Timbuktu and beyond.
- All of these regions were interconnected via seas and trade routes and crisscrossed by intrepid travelers.
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Who are the Mamluks? What did they do?
- The Mamluks halted the Mongols in their tracks as they attempted to capture the Syrian city of Ain Jalut in 1260.
- Mamluks were trained warriors, fully armed and expert horsemen, but of unfree origins. Under the Ayyubids, they had been employed to help govern and serve in the army.
- After they defeated the Mongols, they created a staunchly Sunni empire - the Mamluk Sultanate - that lasted until 1517.
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